Government approved distribution among communities of subventions in amount of 1.9 billion drams

ArmInfo.Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan chaired a meeting of the ministry's committee on the evaluation of program requests for subventions.

During the meeting, 46 program requests for attracting subventions,
the total value of which is 1.9 billion drams, were approved. Of this
amount, 1 billion drams is co-financing from the state budget.

During the meeting, issues related to the provision of co-financing
of still unfinished programs were discussed.

To note, the total amount of the subvention programs planned for 2019
is 10 billion drams. Communities submit applications indicating the
amount of funding, and if approved, the government doubles this
amount, providing additional funding in the form of subventions.
Earlier, RA Minister of Territorial Administration and Development
Suren Papikyan reported that in March 2019 512 applications were
received for the provision of subventions in the amount of 22.6
billion drams. According to him, some of the applications will be
rejected, however, the total amount is significant, which, according
to him, is an unprecedented indicator. Papikyan called important the
fact that this year the communities showed a high interest in
subventions. "In the history of the third republic, there was no
precedent for communities to work at 10 billion drams. This is a
significant achievement, especially given the importance of
increasing the independence of communities and the greatest
decentralization," he said. As the minister noted, within the
framework of subventions for 2018, the government allocated about 1
billion drams for infrastructure development. "As part of the
subventions, 51 asphalting programs are being implemented and
planned, 13 for drinking water supply, three for the construction of
a sewage system, seven for providing water for irrigation. There were
coverage in 24 settlements, eight programs for the purchase of
equipment were implemented, 14 - on beautification in communities of
houses of culture and celebrations, 15 - on beautification of
kindergartens and schools, 15 - on beautification of recreation
areas, parks and courtyards, and one - on the arrangement of a
landfill, "he noted.